Ink Node: Patrick Lucy

RABBITS

2010-05-28T13:14:33-07:00

I think most people underestimate rabbits. It’s true
rabbits sit there all day just trying to eat carrots and not die.

Like damselflies, rabbits barely exist in this world and they have to hold on.

But also, even more than people, rabbits
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WORKING PLANS FOR A TINY ANIMAL

2009-10-26T19:23:06-07:00

SECTION 17-B, ANTLER BRIGHTNESS

For a tiny animal prone to overheating, the illuminated antler is a critical way to maintain body temperature. At room temperature, a healthy animal’s antlers will glow at anywhere from four to eight lumens (depending on mood). But in extreme heat... antlers can...

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JUST BORN, A TWILIGHT OF DOORKNOBS, THREE BULBS

2009-08-13T12:50:14-07:00

the dragon held a quartz crystal in its jaws
moonlight saddled my caboose till morning
the warbled inconsistent body of falling
the smoke alarms
he was glad-out and gone at noon
to lull my senses
make a living from them, run...

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2003, WAVING

2009-07-31T11:40:30-07:00

a while would wave a little tentatively would

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PITCH BLACK

2009-07-30T09:25:25-07:00

In 1973 all the farms were clapping up, tending developments.
I stood on footstools but was abashed.

I entered a lamp factory in 1974 and introduced lamps
made of cowhide. I invented the antlered chandelier

after shooting deer one weekend....

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